Proteoglycans—molecules consisting of a core protein with multiple sugar chains—are so complex that researchers usually study the protein and sugar components separately, which makes it difficult to ...
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a set of methods for the closer study of one of the least-accessible, least-understood players in biology: protein-sugar conjugates called ...
“RPTPσ is a transmembrane enzyme known to bind proteoglycans through its extracellular domain, and to regulate axonal elongation in response to cell surface and extracellular proteoglycans in neurons, ...